Gutter hanger



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2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in gutter hangers, and moreparticularly in the shank fixtures to which the gutter-supporting circleis secured.

A principal object of the invention is to provide a shank fixture ofnovel construction which by reason of extreme exibility of adjustmentmay be made to conform to a majority of the many varying conditionsunder which these xtures must be attached to the eaves of buildings.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel shank xture thatwill have a substantially Wider sphere of utility than the correspondingxtures of the prior art.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an adjustable shankxture so constructed as to permit attachment of the gutter-supportingcircle at a relatively high point thereon, as hereinafter more fully setforth.

The invention further resides in certain novel structural details andarrangements hereinafter described and illustrated in the attacheddrawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a ver-tical elevational View of a shank and circle assemblymade in accordance with my invention, and illustrates one manner inwhich the xture is attached to the eave of a building.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevational View of the iiXture;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary front elevational View of the xture;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4, Fig. 2, and

Figs, 5 to 1l, inclusive, are more or less diagrammatic sectionalelevational views illustrating various methods of installing a shankxture made in accordance with my invention.

To meet the varying conditions under which gutter-supporting xtures mustbe attached to the eaves of buildings, a great many special forms ofXture have been required. It is impractical for the average roofer oreven jobber to carry in stock all of these special forms of fixture, andit is frequently necessary, and is in fact general practice, to employmakeshift hangers not ideally suited to the particular purpose. Suchinstallations are apt to be imperfect and to cause considerable trouble.Attempts have been made to provide fixtures that are adjustable to meetthe various conditions, but the utility and adjustability of thesextures have been very limited, and have failed to meet the demand for aXture vof general application.

By the present invention, I have provided a xture of the statedcharacter that is so highly adaptable that it is possible to discardsubstan- 1934, Serial N0. 722,386

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tially all of the many specially designed fixtures heretofore employed,so that it is possible for a roofer or jobber by stocking my devicealone to meet substantially any requirement.

With reference to the drawings, the shank in 5 a preferred formcomprises a iiange plate I consisting of a base flange 2 and atransverse flange 3, Which in the present instance projects at rightangles from the mid section of one face vof the base flange. Asillustrated, the liange 3 is prol0 vided adjacent its outer edge with anaperture 4, and also with a plurality of additional apertures 5, 6, l,8, 9 and It, which are arranged in an arcuate series centering on theaperture 4. As illustrated in Fig. 2, the aperture 8 is located 16centrally on a radial line from the aperture 4 perpendicular to the baseflange 2, while the aperture 5 is arranged centrally on a radial lineparallel to said base flange. The apertures 5, 6, I and 8 are evenlyspaced and are separatedfrom each other by intervening angles of 36. Theaperture 9 is separated from the aperture 8 by an angle of 45, and fromthe aperture I0 by an angle of 30. While this relative arrangement ofapertures has been found highly satisfactory, it Will be understood thatthe angular relation of the apertures may vary Without departure fromthe invention.

In combination with the flange plate I. I provide an apertured shank I Ihaving at o-ne end and as Well illustrated in Fig. 4 a transverse hookedextension I2 which is adapted to t through the apertures 5 to I0,inclusive, and When so fitted to interlock with the flange 3. Also asillustrated in Fig 4, the shank II is provided on the same side thereofas the extension I2 with a boss I3 which, when the hook I2 isinterlocked in one of the other apertures, ts into the aperture 4, andthe boss I3 and the body of the shank I I are apertured for reception ofa retaining screw or bolt I4, which in assembly passes through theaperture 4 in the flange 3 and through the shank, and which in thepresent instance is provided with a nut I5 to secure the shank to thesaid flange. It will be noted that with the arrangement described, theretaining screw or bolt I4 is relieved of all shearing stress, suchstress being taken upon the boss I3. The shank II may be otherwise ofany standard or desired form and is provided with the usual apertures I6providing for securing to the shank by means of a bolt or other suitablefastening means the usual circle II which carries the gutter I8 in wellknown manner.

It will be apparent from the foregoing descrip- 55 tion that byadjusting the hook I2 of the shank I I to the various apertures providedfor its reception, the angularity of the shank with respect to the planeof the base flange 2 may be varied. The apertures 5 to 8, inclusive,afford adjustments of these elements between parallelinity andperpendicularity at incremental angles of 30. By a 90 reversal of theflange plate' I and utilization of the apertures 9 and I0, angularvariations of the shank with respect to the base plate 2 of 15 and 45may be obtained, so that with the arrangement of apertures as shown awide latitude of angularity is afforded. With this exibility ofadjustment, the fixture is applicable to practically any requirement, asillustrated for example in Fig. l, Figs. 5 to 8, inclusive, and Figs. 10and 1l.

The highly adjustable character of the fixture further makes its usepracticable as a brace for the depending shank of the guttersupportingfixture, such for example as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 9, and in thisuse also the shank through the medium of the apertures 5 to I0,inclusive, may be adjusted to any desired angle with respect to theplane of the base flange 2.

It will be noted that in any adjusted position of angularty of the shankII with respect to the base plate I, the plate occupies a position inwhich the retaining nails may be driven into the supporting structure ina substantially normal position with respect to the base iiange 2, sothat complication in the use of the hammer in driving the nails isavoided. Another desirable feature of the xture resides in its extremecompactness of form and in the fact that the circle may be attachedWhere required at points relatively close to the upper end of the shankfixture. This materially simplifies the operation of grading the gutterto effect a proper gravitational i'low of water therein. It will benoted further that the adjustment of the xture is effected by a relativeadjustment of two rigid members, and avoids any necessity for bending ordeforming the elements of the xture, which is an undesirable feature ofcertain of the corresponding nxtures of the prior art.

I claim:

l. In a gutter-hanger fixture, an anchor member comprising a at baseplate and a ange intersecting and projecting at right angles from oneface of said plate, said flange having a spaced series of aperturesarranged on the arc of a circle and another aperture at the center ofsaid circle, a shank adapted to depend in vertical position from saidmember and to support a gutter-supporting circle, means for securing theshank to the anchor member, said means comprising elements engageablerespectively with the said center aperture and, selectively, with theapertures of said series whereby the base plate may assume a pluralityof differing angular positions with respect to the said shankcorresponding in number io the apertures of said series, and said seriesof apertures embracing an'arc of approximately 180 with the apertureslocated with respect to the center aperture to aiford each an anglebetween the base plate and the shank differing in degree from the anglesafforded by the other apertures of the series.

2. In a gutter-hanger fixture, an anchor member comprising a flat baseplate and a flange intersecting and projecting at right angles from oneface of said plate, said ange having a spaced series of aperturesarranged on the arc of a circle and another aperture at the center ofsaid circle, a shank adapted to depend in vertical position from saidmember and to support a gutter-supporting circle, means for securing theshank to the anchor member, said means comprising elements engageablerespectively with the said center aperture and, selectively, with theapertures of said series whereby the base plate may assume a pluralityof differing angular positions With respect to the said shankcorresponding in num- 'ber to the apertures of said series, said seriesof apertures embracing an arc of approximately 180 with two of theapertures located with respect to the center aperture to afford aparallel relation between the base plate and the shank and an angularrelation of 90 respectively, and the remaining apertures of the seriesbeing located with respect to the center aperture to afford each anangle between the base plate and the shank differing in degree from theangles afforded by the others of said apertures.

HOWARD B. FELTMAN.

